How the Field Gets Built
Start here before you look at the model: the committee's own criteria for picking and seeding the field, and what's shaping this season. ← NCAA Men's Basketball
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How the Field Gets Built
The 12 people on the selection committee, the seven metrics on every team sheet, quadrant records, the 1 to 76 seed list, and what the expanded field changes.
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76-Team Era
2026 Bracketology Watch
What is shaping the field this season. The first 76-team cycle, the conference map after realignment, and where the preseason numbers have teams.
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2026 Season
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A full walkthrough of Bracket Studio, covering drag-and-drop placement, Auto-Seed, Compare, saved slots, sharing and keyboard shortcuts.
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How to score a finished bracket against the real field with the Bracket Performance Calculator, and how to read your summary.
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Plain definitions of NET, quad records, the seed list, WAB, automatic qualifiers, bubble tiers and everything else on a team sheet.
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